My 1967 Build (Finally)

[hewittca]

Awesome updates lately! Congrats on making that first drive. The truck looks great.

[KyleSeal]

It always amazes me how something can look reasonably straight, but as soon as you put primer and 80 grit together it shows a whole other side to it. Now I am not a fan of over filling, actually I am a victim of bondo (lol), so I am careful when I tackle body damage. Given I cant get to the back side, I used a dent puller and got any spots about 90% there. Then some filling and a good bit of priming.

I also did the seam sealer while I was there, which I will say is a HUGE pain. Really wish there was (or that I bought) some stuff that sets off later. Thats a lot of surface area to cover in 10 minutes. But its done, I did some high build to get it nice and level for a base, then some medium flow and then high flow. Really wanted it to look well done, and it came out pretty good Id say.

[KyleSeal]

Ordered some of the ACC floor mats from RockAuto, and they fit very well, pretty well tailored to be honest.

Came across a strange leak, at first I thought my welds on the valve cover were leaking oil past them, but it is actually the pushrod and rocker tossing oil into the breather, and running out when I am under harder acceleration. Glad I just rattle canned these covers instead of powdercoating them first, Ill add a splash shield welded in place in there to deflect the oil stream. Just the woes of a fresh full build!

Installed the rear window for the time being so I can take the truck to shows and not suffocate from exhaust coming in the back window. But I do have to say, I miss that breeze lol.

[KyleSeal]

Back on the street! So much fun to drive. Need to adjust the rear arms to center the wheel, and need to probably remove the inner fenders on the front, I rub a good bit.
Ordered some QA1 single adjustables as well, the KYBs on the truck are OK but would like to adjust it some to make the truck a bit more fun, also to help adjust for when I have a bit of weight in the bed for swap meets (so its not too bouncy).
Also going to add a posi to the list of wants, I didnt care much for dual wheel peel when I was building the truck, but this truck does have a lot more power than I anticipated

[Shifty One]

Good to see you enjoying that baby, even if it does need a few tweaks here and there....whose doesn't/didn't?

[KyleSeal]

Originally Posted by Shifty One

Good to see you enjoying that baby, even if it does need a few tweaks here and there....whose doesn't/didn't?

Absolutely. Its nice to have a vehicle that is now running, makes you really want to fine tune it. I probably should have moved the battery and modified the fenders earlier, but hindsight is 20/20 right lol. Soon Ill have a shop do a full laptop tune, once I work every little bug out of it.

[KyleSeal]

Originally Posted by hewittca

Awesome updates lately! Congrats on making that first drive. The truck looks great.

It was a great feeling. So many years of dreams all converging on one day. And to top it all off, the stereo works!

[KyleSeal]

Some photos of the truck. A few taken by some friends at local shows, and an interior shot during the day. Really need to do a decent photoshoot around sunset but honestly I am having too much fun driving it to stop and take photos

[loudchevy]

Roof is looking great. Nice job on the drip rail sealer!